Talk:Jonathan Emile

Grammy Nomination 2011
I recently read Jonathan Emile was nominated for a grammy for 2011. He does not appear in the final selections. http://bomplist.xnet2.com/1011/msg00019.html http://www.frazegang.com/news.htm http://www.bongobeat.com/news_item.php?p_news_id=162 there is a pdf here http://www.mediafire.com/?w6rokzgkqodzpnc JusticeBlack (talk) 09:22, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I doubt that is sufficient coverage. These are not news sources. 132.216.19.216 (talk) 17:50, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Radio
I heard like a 10 minute radio spot about him on CBC radio in January but I can't seem to find the link online. The interview was by Duke Eatmond.(132.216.59.138 (talk) 17:20, 9 March 2010 (UTC))
 * I recently heard Jonathan Emile mentioned in another interview with Drew Da White Boy -- also by the same guy on CBC 70.81.121.134 (talk) 12:11, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Years Active
It says 2006 and on... but he only released something in September 2009. I think it should be changed to 2009 even though he was doing stuff underground before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.121.134 (talk) 07:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll Change it to 2009 if no-one has any objections. Materiel prior to that date is undocumented. I also will insert new sources. http://www.apathyisboring.com/preview/en/music_and_media/82 & http://www.theconcordian.com/jonathan-emile-stays-conscious-in-a-commercial-world-1.1306722 & http://www.theconcordian.com/singing-in-a-lab-coat-max-helfer-balances-music-hobby-with-physics-studies-1.1306784 & http://www.whatsyourstrive.com/?p=2352 & http://meetyouattheshow.com/main/2009/11/interview-jonathan-emile/JusticeBlack (talk) 20:28, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Makes sense. Though some of the source materiel appears before 2009. This is prior to any musical release.Wikiwahwah5 (talk) 21:46, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

External Links + More References
Should there be a section for external links? Not sure how this works. Just wondering. Also there are more available references. I think they are significant enough to be incorperated: Featured on CBC Radio: http://www.radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/3/LB-The-Rap-Sheet-Is-All-New-To-NMC Mention in another CTV interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95qyyGO_Li0 Radio Interview: http://www.wefunkradio.com/show/2007-06-01 Someone else should insert these. I may make a mess. Still new to this. 132.216.59.141 (talk) 12:52, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I made some large improvements on the article however I did not include your references because they are minimal at best. Thanks Anyways.JusticeBlack (talk) 15:05, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Name
Is Jonathan Emile his birth name?132.216.59.141 (talk) 18:51, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * In a A Montreal News paper it is said that his name is "Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal", but it's not clear if this is his birth name or not. JusticeBlack (talk) 19:08, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Picture
What about a picture? There are a couple online. 70.81.121.134 (talk) 14:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 * We need to have photos that are free of copyright. Online photos usually are not "free". Mattnad (talk) 14:55, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe his album cover. His face is pretty clear on it and it is copyright "free" hi-res png. It's found at discogs.com... better than the one found at allmusic.com or hmv.com. JusticeBlack (talk) 16:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay I've been bold. Sent and email, got permission and uploaded some free sourced images. JusticeBlack (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sweet! 132.216.59.141 (talk) 19:32, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Discography
Shouldn't his albums be on a different page? 132.206.33.156 (talk) 17:30, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * He only has 1 official release so might as well leave it how it is. JusticeBlack (talk) 08:29, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request
Clean-up and updates to be integrated with recent edits made to the article (draft here was created from this revision).
 * Infobox:
 * Include "Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal" as birth name
 * Lead section:
 * Include "Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal" as birth name
 * Early life and cancer years:
 * Expand section to include info on parents' origins and time at Selwyn House
 * 2009–2018:
 * Clean-up on formatting and grammar
 * 2019–present:
 * Expand section to include info on distribution deal with Tuff Gong, single releases and release of third album
 * Include info on collaboration with Etana and release of "Solidarité" video
 * Controversy with Kendrick Lamar:
 * Change title to "Controversy with Top Dawg Entertainment" as the lawsuit was filed by the label, not the artist
 * Move from sub-section under "Activism and philanthropy" to section below "Artistry"
 * Clean up section to exclude puffery and other unnecessary info

Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal (born February 19, 1986), known by his stage name Jonathan Emile (or Jon E), is a Jamaican Canadian rapper, singer, record producer and activist. In October 2015, he released his debut studio album, The Lover/Fighter Document LP. His second studio album, Phantom Pain, was released in December 2016. His third studio album and first reggae album, Spaces-in-Between, was released in January 2020.

Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal was born on February 19, 1986 in the LaSalle borough of Montreal, Quebec to a half-American father and a Jamaican mother. He graduated from Selwyn House School in 2003.

Emile was trained at The Black Theatre Workshop youth initiative in Montreal with aspirations to become an actor. At the age of 17, he was diagnosed with a rapidly growing cancerous tumor. During and after his cancer treatment, he independently developed his knowledge on studio production and musical composition, taking on vocal training and learning to play the guitar and keyboard. For the next two years, he employed his philosophy of "Mindpeacelove", creating music in the hospital and between his treatments. He finished treatment in December 2005 and completed his remission in December 2010.

In 2009, Emile released The Lover/Fighter Document EP. In 2013, he made his theatrical debut in the Montreal production of the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin'. His performance achieved broad critical acclaim from both English and French media for his performance of André De Shields' original role and his notable interpretation of "The Viper's Drag".

On October 9, 2015, Emile released The Lover/Fighter Document LP, which incorporates elements of reggae, jazz, R&B and electro-pop. The album features collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Murs and Buckshot. Emile worked and toured with material from the album while attending McGill University as a philosophy and political science major. He released "Heaven Help Dem" as a separate release taken from his album, featuring vocals by Kendrick Lamar.

On December 29, 2016, Emile released his second studio album Phantom Pain.

In October 2019, Emile signed a distribution deal with Jamaican record label Tuff Gong, becoming the first artist from Quebec to do so. He released "Savanna", the first single from his upcoming third studio album Spaces-in-Between, shortly after. The song is named after his family's home town of Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica, where Emile spent a part of his childhood. In December 2019, Emile released the album's second single "Moses", with its third single "Try a Likkle More" released the following month. Spaces-in-Between was ultimately released on January 24, 2020.

In February 2020, Emile collaborated with Jamaican singer Etana on the remix of "Canopy", the third song from Spaces-in-Between. In April 2020, he released a music video for the album's first song "Keep on Fighting", which was also released as a single in French with the title "Solidarité".

Emile composes and performs in the genres of hip hop, reggae, R&B and electro-pop. His vocal performance and recording style includes singing, rapping, freestyling and scatting in English, French and Jamaican Patois. Emile is concerned largely with creating contemporary popular hip hop and reggae fused with soul music that addresses social, spiritual and moral issues.

In the aftermath of the death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, who was shot and killed by Montreal Police in 2008, Emile recorded "Heaven Help Dem", which was featured on The Lover/Fighter Document EP and addressed urban violence and police brutality against visible minorities. A second version of the song featuring American rapper Kendrick Lamar was later included on Emile's debut studio album The Lover/Fighter Document LP and directly addressed Villanueva and other victims of police brutality in North America, including Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell. Lamar recorded his verse for the song in 2011 prior to signing a deal with Interscope Records.

Just eight days after the song's release online in 2015, Lamar's record label Top Dawg Entertainment demanded the track be taken down on grounds of copyright infringement just 8 days later. Emile disputed this with YouTube and SoundCloud who had both withdrawn the song, clarifying to Billboard that his camp "paid Kendrick Lamar for a feature, and once we paid them, they basically stopped communicating with us altogether." The song was restored on the two platforms two months after its removal. In November 2016, Emile was awarded CA$8,600 plus five percent interest after a Quebec small claims court ruled that Top Dawg Entertainment had wrongfully pulled "Heaven Help Dem" off the internet. Emile declared that the verdict was a matter of vindication of what is right and not a strictly monetary issue.

Following further legal threats by Lamar's management, Emile penned an open letter to Lamar on the matter in March 2017.

He shared his experiences, ambition and music offering mentoring and giving workshops to urban youth.

As a Jamaican Canadian and a member of the black community, Jonathan Emile performs and participates in Black History Month events.


 * Notes


 * Citations


 * Mindpeacelove Records – Official website
 * Mindpeacelove Records – Official website

Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Black Canadian musicians Category:Canadian people of Jamaican descent Category:Jamaican rappers Category:Canadian male rappers Category:21st-century Canadian rappers Category:Musicians from Montreal Category:Cancer survivors

Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 18:05, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Revisions:
 * Slight edits to lead (largely matches current revision, without red links)
 * Slight edits to "Early life and cancer years", unsourced statement "with aspirations to become an actor" removed
 * Slight edit to second paragraph of "2009–2018" (info on release of "Heaven Help Dem" single)
 * Slight edits to "2019–present" (info on release of Spaces-in-Between)
 * Slight edits to last paragraph of "Controversy with Top Dawg Entertainment" (lawsuit and conclusion)

Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mäl (born February 19, 1986), known by his stage name Jonathan Emile (or Jon E), is a Jamaican Canadian rapper, singer, record producer, activist and cancer survivor. In October 2015, he released his debut studio album, The Lover/Fighter Document LP, which incorporates elements of reggae, jazz, R&B and electro-pop. The independent album features collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Murs, Buckshot and others. His debut reggae album, Spaces-in-Between, was released in January 2020 through his label MindPeaceLove and Tuff Gong.

Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mäl was born on February 19, 1986 in the LaSalle borough of Montreal, Quebec to a half-American father and a Jamaican mother. He graduated from Selwyn House School in 2003.

Emile was trained at The Black Theatre Workshop youth initiative in Montreal. During and after his cancer treatment, he independently developed his knowledge on studio production and musical composition, taking on vocal training and learning to play the guitar and keyboard.

At the age of 18, Emile was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive and highly malignant form of cancer. For the next two years, during which he underwent one year of chemotherapy treatments, followed by radiation, he employed his philosophy of "Mindpeacelove", creating music in the hospital and between his treatments. He finished treatment in December 2005 and completed his remission in December 2010.

In 2009, Emile released The Lover/Fighter Document EP. In 2013, he made his theatrical debut in the Montreal production of the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin'. His performance achieved broad critical acclaim from both English and French media for his performance of André De Shields' original role and his notable interpretation of "The Viper's Drag".

On October 9, 2015, Emile released The Lover/Fighter Document LP, which incorporates elements of reggae, jazz, R&B and electro-pop. The album features collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Murs and Buckshot. Emile worked and toured with material from the album while attending McGill University as a philosophy and political science major. He released "Heaven Help Dem", featuring vocals by Kendrick Lamar, as the album's first single.

On December 29, 2016, Emile released his second studio album Phantom Pain.

In October 2019, Emile signed a distribution deal with Jamaican record label Tuff Gong, becoming the first artist from Quebec to do so. He released "Savanna", the first single from his upcoming third studio album Spaces-in-Between, shortly after. The song is named after his family's home town of Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica, where Emile spent a part of his childhood. In December 2019, Emile released the album's second single "Moses", with its third single "Try a Likkle More" released the following month.

Spaces-in-Between was released on January 24, 2020. The 10-track album produced and co-composed by Paul Cargnello contains all original compositions and collaborations with Ezra Lewis and Chanda T. Holmes. Emile also announced that another hip hop album with some reggae influences and a live reggae album had been recorded in 2019.

In February 2020, Emile collaborated with Jamaican singer Etana on the remix of "Canopy", the third song from Spaces-in-Between. In April 2020, he released a music video for the album's first song "Keep on Fighting", which was also released as a single in French with the title "Solidarité".

Emile composes and performs in the genres of hip hop, reggae, R&B and electro-pop. His vocal performance and recording style includes singing, rapping, freestyling and scatting in English, French and Jamaican Patois. Emile is concerned largely with creating contemporary popular hip hop and reggae fused with soul music that addresses social, spiritual and moral issues.

In the aftermath of the death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, who was shot and killed by Montreal Police in 2008, Emile recorded "Heaven Help Dem", which was featured on The Lover/Fighter Document EP and addressed urban violence and police brutality against visible minorities. A second version of the song featuring American rapper Kendrick Lamar was later included on Emile's debut studio album The Lover/Fighter Document LP and directly addressed Villanueva and other victims of police brutality in North America, including Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell. Lamar recorded his verse for the song in 2011 prior to signing a deal with Interscope Records.

Just eight days after the song's release online in 2015, Lamar's record label Top Dawg Entertainment demanded the track be taken down on grounds of copyright infringement just 8 days later. Emile disputed this with YouTube and SoundCloud who had both withdrawn the song, clarifying to Billboard that his camp "paid Kendrick Lamar for a feature, and once we paid them, they basically stopped communicating with us altogether." The song was restored on the two platforms two months after its removal.

As for the song's removal, Emile sued Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope and Universal Music Group in small claims court. In November 2016, he was awarded CA$8,600 plus five percent yearly interest after a Quebec court ruled that Top Dawg Entertainment had wrongfully pulled "Heaven Help Dem" off the internet. Emile declared that the verdict was a matter of vindication of what is right and not a strictly monetary issue. Following further legal threats by Lamar's management, Emile penned an open letter to Lamar on the matter in March 2017.

He shared his experiences, ambition and music offering mentoring and giving workshops to urban youth.

As a Jamaican Canadian and a member of the black community, Jonathan Emile performs and participates in Black History Month events.


 * Notes


 * Citations


 * Mindpeacelove Records – Official website
 * Mindpeacelove Records – Official website

Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Black Canadian musicians Category:Canadian people of Jamaican descent Category:Jamaican rappers Category:Canadian male rappers Category:21st-century Canadian rappers Category:Musicians from Montreal Category:Cancer survivors


 * pinging as a recent autoreviewer to edit the article. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • alter ego 08:17, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Requested edits added. --John B123 (talk) 10:21, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Davykamanzi → talk • contribs • <b style="color:#264;">alter ego</b> 10:22, 5 May 2020 (UTC)